If they cut teacher pay whenever they are "sick" or told children they would have to make up missed days during summer or after the normal graduation date, I'm sure the Covid cases would mysteriously drop, and fast.

There is a definite "Cartman" component to this whole thing, and if I was 11 I damn well know I'd have the same BS attitude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=379oevm2fho